Brian Stephen Howser known professionally as Shane Shamrock died tragically in 1998 and at the time was the reigning MCW Light Heavyweight Champion. Shamrock was also one of the core members of the MCW Roster and a close friend to everyone in the company. The decision was made to retire the Light Heavyweight Title and name Shane Shamrock “The Lifetime MCW Light Heavyweight Champion”. The following year The Inaugural Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup was held to honor his memory.

The way that the tournament is structured is that five qualifying matches will take place early in the evening. The winners of those five matches will then meet last years winner Drolix in a 6 way elimination match to crown the Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup Champion. In the tournament’s 15 year history no champion has ever repeated the following year. However Christian York has won the tournament on 3 different occasions in 1998, 2003 and again in 2010.

During this years Shamrock Cup WWE Hall Of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper will host a very special Pipers Pit. Current TNA Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards “The Wolves” will be competing in this year’s tournament and The Beautiful People Velvet Sky, Angelina Love and Madison Rayne will compete in a six woman tag team match. The Full line up is as follows
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The winners of the 5 Qualifying matches face off against Drolix in a 6 way Elimination match

Doing a special meet and greet before the event from 5:30-7:30 will be “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, The Wolves, The Beautiful People and all of the stars of MCW. You can Purchase tickets online at MCW’s official website www. MarylandWrestling.com or you can call the 24 Hour MCW Information line at 410-541-6291. Also make sure to stay up to follow MCW on all of our social platforms. On Facebook search Maryland Championship Wrestling, follow us on Twitter @MCWWrestling and also follow on Instagram @MarylandWrestling